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Sam Smith

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

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  • Assistant Professor
    Department of Civil Engineering
  • 785-532-5862 (Work)
  • Civil Engineering, 2118 Fiedler Hall, 1701C Platt St., Manhattan, Kansas, 66506, United States
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TEACHING

Sam joined the K-State Civil Engineering faculty in August 2026 and is building his teaching portfolio in structural engineering and computational methods. At Princeton, he served as an assistant instructor for structures and digital fabrication courses (AY2021–2025), in addition to reaching tens of thousands of learners worldwide through free online courses on structural engineering and artificial intelligence. 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • OTHER STUDENT MENTORING
    Stewart, Cooper
    13 Sep 2026 - 18 Dec 2026
    Supervision of undergraduate research project in the Structural Intelligence Lab on AI workflows for structural engineering applications
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Introduction to Structural Analysis
    24 Aug 2026
    CE 537
  • OTHER STUDENT MENTORING
    Franco, Daniel
    1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2027
    Faculty research mentor for an undergraduate researcher in the Developing Scholars Program (DSP).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Structures in the Urban Environment
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2025
    CEE262/ARC262B
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Autonomous Fabrication and Robotics
    1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
    CEE374/STC374